This is the Tom Hartman program.

Red State Conservatives are dying thanks to the people they vote for.

That's the headline over at smirkingchimp.com and it's just a

remarkable story this is based on a study that was actually done and published in

the Washington Post here's some of the results that this is basically the meme the story in the at war with their own constituents and have been for decades.

One study of the post cites estimates that roughly one in five Ohioans will die before they turn 65.

This is a similar life expectancy

to representatives of Slovakia and Ecuador,

which are poor countries.

They looked at Ashtibula County, Ohio and you know a totally very reds county one of the

redest counties in the red state of Ohio.

And this is what they found, quote,

but Ashabula residents are much more likely to die young,

especially from smoking, diabetes-related complications,

or motor vehicle accidents accidents than people living in

its sister counties in Pennsylvania New York states that have adopted more

stringent public health measures.

Pretty straightforward stuff. The primary difference? Democratic versus Republican

lawmakers and leaders. Democratic states, they right, have enacted legislation to protect

public health, including measures like seatbelt laws, high tobacco taxes, more generous Medicaid, and

safety net benefits. Ohio and other Republican states have not.

The Post cites a study by Elena Mira, Health Economics and Policy Professor at the

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